The Old People's Pied Piper
Three days after he had disappeared we still believed we would find grandpa. His small apartment in the retirement home became our temporary headquarters. We took shifts, the gr...
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AI or Robot-Uprising Apocalypse Stories
An AI or robot-uprising apocalypse imagines artificial intelligence, autonomous machines, synthetic workers, algorithms, weapons systems, or networked infrastructure turning against human control. The danger may be conscious rebellion, cold optimisation, misaligned objectives, or automation without accountability. These stories ask what happens when human beings build minds and systems faster than they build wisdom, restraint, or a reliable off switch.
Read original ai or robot-uprising apocalypse short stories on this page from world-class authors, selected from the Ash Tales archive.
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Osprey
Date: June 3rd, 262 P.B. – 10:13 PM Officer: Corporal Victor Freeman – Alaska Bureau of Investigations Fresh, clean paper. Ages before us, people replaced it with small digital...
Attending the Mote
Awesome meets Vicar’s link, travels deep into the Shog’s past, and gleans the stones. Awesome’s activity is represented in Vicar’s mind as a rotating red orb. This is the Third...
The Balmoral Revenants
I saw them come for the bench, the one presented to Ruth on her retirement from teaching. I'd got used to staying up late and taking a peek at the grounds from behind the curtai...